Revelation 6:5

And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

Cross-reference

Revelation 6:7 opens the fourth seal, continuing the sequential judgment cycle begun in 6:5.

Revelation 8:1 completes the seven-seal sequence, contrasting the active judgments of the third seal with the ensuing silence.

Leviticus 26:26 describes bread by weight as a covenant curse — mirrors the scales and famine of the black horse.

Lamentations 5:10 links blackened skin to famine — the color and cause align with the black horse's meaning.

Zechariah 6:2 features black horses in a prophetic vision, directly paralleling the black horse of the third seal.

Zechariah 6:6 says the black horses go north — adds directional detail to the same black horse imagery.